"Speaking of twisting words: Marquis never contradicted that, did he? In fact, he spoke solely of your arguing habits, and of what can really be considered 'experimental'. No mention of Bowie in the entire post."

Of course he did and of course I mentioned Bowie. Trying reading once in awhile - it helps. There's 26 letters in the alphabet too...

"Belonging to the tail end of the generation that hailed Zappa as one of the greatest musicians ever I can assure you that there was only one phase when his fans were shocked by him. Or at least puzzled. And that was in the late 70s when he put out his "Sheik Yerbouti" and "Joe's Garage (1-3)" albums. But the controversial factor wasn't that he had gone even more experimental - it was the fact that Old Frank had suddenly come up with albums that were at least partly pleasurable and digestable for, well, normal people.

It was a turn towards wider audiences (though he certainly remained Zappa-ish) that caused turmoil among the Zappa community. But in the end I think most of his fans made peace with those albums and see them as what they really are: Landmark Zappa products - like em or not. Zappa's "Let's Dance".

You know, if you were even more full of shit than with the info you provide and with the way you sound, I'd have to dig my way out of your dung with a shovel.